|
| Good Morning everyone,
I hope you are well, it is very cold today and all I could think of is w/s. I am a beginner to wintersown, I've tried last last year and in spring had about half of my seeds spout. One of the reason was because I didn't have enough containers so I was using things like berries containers, coffee cups. Anyway, I find myself again short of containers this year and I google on the net and found someone w/s with zip lock plastic bag. I am anxious to use these bags as containers. I am wondering if you had success in w/s with zip lock plastic bag, if yes what size ? I was thinking of using the sandwich size bag. Can you share your sucess story ? do you zip all the way ? half ? As for containers, I was also looking for any suggestions on what you used and had sucess.
Thanks |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
- Posted by clc70 8 Wa. (carterconnie@ymail.com) on Sat, Dec 13, 08 at 1:23
| Do you know someone who works for a nursing home, or in the kitchen of a school? If so, maybe they can save 1 gal. milk jugs for you. My nursing home uses 5-6 gal. of milk a day. Thats 35-42 jugs a week I'm bringing home. |
|
| Thank you clc70, I was considering using zip lock bags because I live in CANADA, our milk doesn't comes in the galon container like yours do. In addition to that, I also don't drink any soda or soft drink. I posted the same message in the wintersown forum, and I got a lot of good responds. I thank you for your time. I asked family members, friends to save me any salad containers so I am hoping they will come in .... happy gardening. Poppy |
|
- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Mon, Dec 15, 08 at 9:03
| Have you looked at Wintersown.org? I think Trudi has directions, complete with drawings on how to use zip-loc bags, or baggies as they call them in the U.S. Try this link: http://wintersown.org/wseo1/Winter_Sowing_in_a_Baggie.html Good luck!! Northerner. |
|
| I sow almost all my seeds in zip lock bags. Exceptions include those with tap roots, or easy, fast germinators that I don't want to handle twice. I seal the bags entirely, and then, from spring through fall, check once a week to see if there has been any germination. In winter, everything is in cold frames, under the snow. I write germination information, seed source, name and date on the bag and on a plastic label inside the bag. I use Glad Zip 'n Seal Medium freezer bags for almost everything, switching to large when I want larger numbers. I use Glad bags because they are the cheapest at my grocery store. I also reuse them, as possible. Once I find the seeds germinated, I pour the seed and its germinating medium (peat moss, vermiculite or pearlite) onto a tray filled with growing mix, wait a few days, and voila. It is essential to check seed fairly often. This method saves a lot of room, time, fussing around with various containers, seed and germinating mixture. |
|
| When I did WS 4-5 years ago, I did use ziplocks as well and had great success. Used the no name brand ziplocks from No Frills... |
|
| I used a variety of containers last year but found they were too shallow, plus a lot of lids blew off or cracked meaning it was hard to keep the trays moist once the heat and sun turned on in the spring. SO this year I am trying baggies. I found 8 large-size freezer bags for $1 at Dollarama. I've filled them about 1/3 full of soil as per the instructions at wintersown.org, then sprinkled with seed and covered lightly if necessary. I have also used the write-on portion on the outside of the bag to write the name of whatever's sown inside - handy! My only question would be, come spring, what would happen if any of the baby plants had their leaves touching the plastic, because I would think that would cause problems. Also, a drawback I can see already is that bags of soil, especially topped with delicate fragile seedlings, are not as easy to move around as pots. But I guess they take up much less space! Anyway, I'd love to hear from other Canadians who have experience with this! |
Here is a link that might be useful: My modest winter sowing 2009
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Canadian Winter Sowing Forum
Instructions
- You must be a registered member and logged in to post messages on our forums.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review the contents and make changes.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- It is illegal to post copyrighted material without the owner's consent.
- HTML codes are allowed in the message field only.
- No advertising is allowed in any of the forums.
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.